,a o 4:34; A . RRMOUR l «‘0, c“ Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois Tuesday, November l3, I934 By Leroy Bookmar- The city council of Chicago is con- fronted with a resolution for the per~ manent establishment of an annual fair on the grounds of a Century of Progress Exposition. To resume the gala activities of the truly remark— able exposition would (and to create a favorable outlook toward general pn‘ogressiveness in the city as a whole. However, would the restora— tion and permanent establishment of an originally intended brief memorial to local progress be a wise move? Would everybody benefit by it? In back of the resolution there stand the ideals of Mayor Kelly and R. J. Dunham, president of the Chi- cago park district. It is their plan to raise $2,500,000 with which to reopen the World's Fair on a per- manent basis next May. According to Mr. Dunbam, the $2,500,000 would serve to open the Fair, and a reve- nue from the exhibitors and conces- sionaires would provide funds needed during the early stages. Further- more, it is explained that to operate on a basis comparable to the 1933 and 1934 exhibitions the Fair would require a daily attendance of 48,000. Considering the past two years dur- ing which the Fair existed and the millions of people who have visited here, we feel justified in saying that nearly all who were interested in viewing the exposition, did so, wheth— er they came from for or near. Now, we find some individuals who think Chicago near enough to a “land of milk and honey” that 48,000 people will be enticed daily to pay for some- thing they saw before. From a member of the city coun- cil we have the following: “Chicago needs a permanent world’s faia‘. it would be a crime against the city if an annual summer exposition did not succeed A Century of Progress. It is historic what A Century of Progress did for ‘Chicago business. Those benefits extended to all citizens and taxpayers because of new money put in circulation. Moreover, such a Fair swells employment." Of course, the fact that a great number of people did visit the Fair does not signify that the small merchant in the city did benefit thereby. In fact, many places of amusement are known to have closed becausr of “keen competi- tion." To say the Fair swells em- ployment is true, but to use it as the full basis for argument is without effectiveness, inasmuch as the same is but temporary and in most cases without proper remuneration. Perhaps the Fair would be of bene- fit in existence to some. But, consider the backers—the city of Chicago through the park system—or indi- rectly the mayor himself, yes, even the alderman in the city council. We suggest the pessibility, yes, even the probability, that the city council would benefit as individuals by con« tinuance of the Fair. After all, the Fair would offer ideal advantages for a “tavern" here and there, and in- asmuch as our city alder-men have so- called “hidden interests”—we’ll leave the rest for your conclusion. 0n the whole, we doubt very much that the (Continued on page 5) Interhonorary Group Plan's Banquet Dec. 9 At a meeting of the Interhonor- ary Fraternity Council held last Tuesday, plans for the annual in- terhonoi‘ary banquet were dis- cussed. ' The date was set for Wednesday, December 19, and the other arrange- ments, which include procuring the place and. the main speaker and making a program, were assigned to various members of the council. Within two weeks another meeting will be held and by this time the complete details of the banquet will be ready for announcement. Plane Completed: for Senior Dance Other Social Committtees Hard at Work First of the coming series of class dances will be the annual Senior In— formal, to be held December 7 at the Shoreland Hotel, 55th Street and the lake. It will be followed on Jan- uary 11 by the Junior Informal, and a little later by a sophomore dance. According to custom the seniors have the honor .of introducing the social season each year. The couples will dance to the music of Bill Padcn’s ten-piece band, which is well known in Chicago circles. Bids will be $1.50, available within two weeks. W. A. Trudelle is chairman of the committee in charge of the dance. 0n the committee are J. J. Ahern, L. A. Cullen, M. C. Forsythe, F. J. Meyer, J. M. O’Connor, and R. H. Wittekindt. A poster contest is being run to advertise the dance. The first prize will be one bid. Second and third prizes are half bids. Junior Dance January 11 At a committee meeting last Fri- day the juniors formally decided to hold their dance on January 11. Arrangements for the orchestra and ballroom are now being made. In all probability the dance will be held outside of the loop at either the Medinah Michigan Avenue club or the Lake Shore Athletic club. Two hundred bids will be available at $2.00 a bid. There will he a meeting of the committee next Friday to make final arrangements. D. Graham heads the committee, which is composed of D. E. Howell, I. M. Hughes, G. W. Ormsby, R. Paulsen, and F. L. Smith. Sophomore Dance Later Plans are being made for the sophomore dance to be hold about the middle of February. . The freshman committee is plan- ning for a freshman smoker to be held soon. Chemical Society to Hold Meeting Shortly Conducting an interrogation of past and present members, the offi- cers of Amour Institute’s branch of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, are seeking to ascertain the type of speaker and the most pop- ular subjects to present at its series of meetings which will begin in the near future. Membership in this organization, sponsored by Professor McCormack, is open to all students past their freshman year who are interested in chemical engineering. The present officers are Welland, president; R. Miller, vice- president; .1. Humiston, treasurer; and C. Reisz, secretary. Le Social Season Begun by Chemicals’ Party The junior chemicals started the social season of the year with a party last Friday. Approximately 25 cou- ples attended the affair, which was held on the West side, at the Chi- cago Craftsmcn’s club, Washington Boulevard and Sacramento Avenue. The price paid for this night of hilarity was three—fourths of a dol- lar per bid. Although the bids were not as elaborate as some, they iden— tified each of the members adequate- ly. The bid was a silver gray card on 'which a benzene ring had been im» ' refreshments pressed. ’An orchestra, entertainment, and were provided. The evening was spent in dancing, clown< ing, and playing bridge and pinochlc. In holding this party, the chemicals deprived two organizations of the honor of holding the first social event of the season the Arx with their dance, and the Armour Tech News with its smoker. Professor B. B. Freud acted as , faculty sponsor of the party, Winter Banquet Tuesday, November 20, at 6:30 is the date for the winter banquet of the Armour Alumni Association. The scene is the Medinah Michigan Ave- nue Club, 505 North Michigan ave- enue. Each class is planning to get their gang together to help make the meeting a great success, and to re- new old friendships with their class- mates, thc faculty and the trustees. There will be a musical program, given by the 100 boys of the Ar— mour glee club and orchestra under the leadership of Mr. 0. Gordon Erickson. Report to be Presented Mr. Jamequ. Cunningham, presi- dent of the Board of Trustees, and Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss, president of Armour, will give addresses. Also, the report of the Public Re- lations Committee .of the Board of Trustees will be given, all of which should be of great interest to the older alumni. A large turnout is urged in order to help make changes in tho consti— tution of the alumni association, so that it may better serve present day requirements, and to vote on any other motions that may be presented for consideration. Urge Large Attendance Professor D. P. Morcton, secre— tary of the association, is desirous that all Amour alumni and faculty send in $1.25 with their correct ad— dresses and business connections, and a ticket will be sent to them immediately. Both Professors More— ton and Schommer are working ex- tremely hard to have a large attend— ance so that everyone will have a bigger and better time. Camera Club to Meet Tomorrow The Camera club, the newest 0r- ganization .on campus, will hold its first meeting tomorrow at five o‘clock in, the electrical lecture room. The primary decision to be reach- ed at this meeting will be the selec- tion of a suitable hour for future gatherings. It is essential for plans of organization that all the men who have signed up for the club he pres- ent. Following the selection of a suit- able hour for future meetings, of- ficers will be elected. Professor Penn to Speak Professor Snow, of the Electrical Engineering department will act as the faculty sponsor.Profossor J. C. Penn will present his experiences and pictures taken while he was in the tropics. Approximately 40 men have signed the sheet on the bulletin board in the foyer of the Main building. No limiting number of memberships to the club is set, and all students in- terested are urged to join. Exhibit Planned for Open House Some of the students have had valuable pnofessional experience, and a few possess movie cameras. A space in the library has been set aside to exhibit the prints. All of the pictures will be exhibited on Open House night, one of the most interesting events of the annual Junior Week held in May. The movie camera men will bring their projectors and entertain the club members with momes. Search for Members for Dance Orchestra ‘ Armour l is being searched from the south end of Chapin hall to the north side of the Machinery building, and all points in between, for capable men who are interested in joining; a dance orchestra. Those who desire further details should see Bernard Chayes, the bud— ding genius who is the originator of this move for more and better music at Armour. He is especially inter- , ested in securing a saxophonist and, a drummer. l. l. l. lililblll ill Wlld’l Wild lll'l‘ Alumni Will Hold loop mums or w. samba, Clues Address That all Arm-our graduates shall receive proper employment service s the theme 01" William Setter- berg, the placement officer, in an ad— l'lotchliiss, , Carpenter, dress last week before an audience Zettlor, Penn Lead Many Fields “FE l-llS'l'ORlES TOLD Four members of the Armour faculty have been included in this year’s Who’s Who, being thus dis« tinguishcd throughout America for their leadership and ability in their respective fields. President Hutch- kiss, Professor Carpenter, Professor Penn, and Professor thtlei’ are the men listed. President Hotchkiss was born in Amber, New York, on June 20, 1874. He studied at Cornell, later in France and Germany, and received his LLJ). at Northwestern univer- sity in 1927. Prior to 1933, he taught at the following universities: Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Minne— sota, California, and Stanford. In 1010 President I-lotchkiss was super- visor ol" the Cook County census. At present he is the educational advis- or to the American Institute of American Meat Packers. Carpenter Leads in Many Fields Professor Carpenter, a metallurg- of seniors. Outlining the important charac- teristics of a sound engineer, be ad— vised them on their search for fu- ture employment. He suggested that data 01" all graduates with respect to their background, capacity, and ex- perionce be gathered and published in the form of a booklet. These would be forwarded to all important industrial concerns of the country. With these pamphlets in hand the prospective employers could select just the type of man they want. This proposal offered a subject of furious argument, opinions being approximately evenly divided. How~ ever, an agreement was reached whereby a committee of representa- tives from each of the engineering departments was to be formed to in— vestigate the effectiveness and the expense of the plan. Drama at Armour lakes Salty "lurid 23, at 10:30 hall of the November the assembly Friday, a. m. in ist, was born in Georgetown, 0010—! Mission building- will be sailing time redo on October 19, 1877. He at‘ tended Ohio and Northwestern uni- versities, receiving his master’s do- gi-cc in 1914. From 1898 to 1899 he was assistant superintendent for the Deadwood and Delaware Smelt— ing and Refining company, Dead- wood, S. D. In 1900 he was a junior partner 01’ the firm Carpenter and Carpenter in Dchei', Colorado. He was research mctallui‘g‘ist for the American Vanadium company from 1912 to 1918. Professor Carpenter is the constructor of the 20% inch telescope used by the Elgin observa- tory for the daily Arcturus cere- mony at the Century of Progress ex- position. Another of his accomplish- ments was the invention of a meth- od of covering pipe with lead. Penn llr Armour Graduate Professor J. C. Penn was born in the Netherlands on November, 1881, and come to the United States in 1800. He graduated from Amour in 1905. From 1905 to 1910 he was as- sistant city engineer for the city of Chicago and in 1910 he received his C. E. degree from A. I. '1‘. He has devoted his time to the Institute since then, as a teacher in the de- partment of civil engineering and as dean of engineering. Professor E. R. Zettlcr, a sculp- tor, was born in Karlsruhi in Baden, Germany, on March 30, 1878 and came to the United States at the age of four. He was an educator in the Chicago public schools and now teaches in the Art Institute at Chi- cago. He was awarded the gold medal of the Chicago Society .of Art— ists in 1923. Prof. Zettlcr is the de— signer of the official medal for A Century of Progress exposition, 1933. Qlaess Club Members to Hold Tournament A tournament among the members of the chess club has been planned to start next Thursday. All mem- bers who wish to enter the tourna- ment are requested to speak to Rob- ert I-Iella before then. Soon after the internal competi— tion, the club will hold a number of matches with outside clubs. Final arrangements are being made for a for the year’s first drama of the Ar— mour Players. Under the guidance of Captain Hendricks a crew of en- ginccr actors will present a maritime drama to the students of Armour. A marked change has occurred in the cast of characteus previously nn~ nounccd. The players now on deck are as follows: Yank. ...... T. F. Jones Smitty . ..A. Kulpak Ivan ..... ...lVI Pantone Scotty . . . . .R. Weissman Swanson ......... H. Bauermeister Driscoll .............. A. Schreibcr Cocky .............. E. C. I-loyer Captain Hendricks announces that theme is a little high wind in the tops’ls this year; the little catch is one thin dime to be devoted by those who appear on the scene. This financial assistance by the students will be used for new scenes and cos- tumes, since the old rigging was dcemcd unscaworthy. Most of the players have sailed the seven seas in dramatics before, either at Armour or at a preparatory school, so an hour of fine entertain- ment is in the hold for everyone. Transportation Will Be Subject ol' Movie “Trails to Rails," is the title of a motion picture to be presented be- fore members of the Armour branch of W. S. E. next Friday, November 16, in the assembly hall. There will be two reels portray. ing the development of American transportation. The picture will Show the important part that trans, portation has played in the growth of the nation. Transportation has played an important part in the de- velopment of Chicago and the metropolitan area as will be shown. Several speakers have been ob- tained for future meetings. Among them are a representative of the Chi- cagio Plan Commission, and a man, from the wax" department who will f give an illustrated talk on Illinoi _ Waterways. “The Building of a Mod— ern Street Car” is the title of a mov~ l ing picture to be held in the nenrl future. match with the Polnesian Chess club ‘ to be held in the near future. As the‘ Alumnus [3 EleCted } Armour Chess club is a member oil the Illinois Chess association there; will be a chance to aurange somol good matches. , There are only a limited number of chess sets now available, but if the demand continues more will he obtained. So far, indications are that chess is rapidly becoming: a‘ popular pastime at Armour. ‘ County Commissioner . \Villliam N. Erickson, ME. ’20. was elected county commissioner on the Republican ticket in the election: last Tuesday. He was active during , his days at Armour. having been ‘ member of the basketball team, AS , M.E., Delta Tau Delta, Sphinx. and: Honor A. u all. rooms is ll. claims or llll‘liolll in Friday Evening to Bring Realization of Well Planned Affair BEDS Km; size: Once again the architects of Ar- mour Institute make to the student body their annual offering of an evening of real ener‘tainnrenF—Le iBal Automne, to be presented by the Armour Arx atop the Steuben club on Friday, Nov. 16. Cont of Bids ls Low Bids to the affair cost one dollar and a quarter and may be bought from any architect and many engi- neers. Tickets are also on sale in the lobby of the main building. Wilson Barnett will conduct his well known orchestra to furnish music for the dance. Barnett’s or— chestra has been coached by Hal Kemp, the famous orchestrator who is now on tour, and promises to of- fer to the crowd many new, delight- i‘ul arrangements of the modern melodies. Chaperoning the affair will be Dean H. T. IrIcald, Prof. W. Hen- dricks, and Prof. J. F. Marigold, all 01" whom will, of course, be accom- panied by their wives. Urge Largo Turnout The architects have expressed the desire that many engineering students will attend the affair be- cause it is felt that closer associa— tion of the two groups will be of mutual advantage. The fact that all the junior and} senior architects will have, by next week, completed their projects will help to make the dance a happy one. Cooling Processes Topic at“ Meeting Professor Edwin S. Libby of the Mechanical Engineering department, has just returned from the annual conference of the National Associa- tion of Practical Refrigerating Eng-i- neers held last week in Springfield, Illinois. The meeting lasted four days, from November 1 to 4; its ob- ject being “to further the education and elevation of the members in the art and science of refrigerating en- gineering." Among the important featurcs were the presentation of technical papers on the subject of refrigera- tion, with direct reference to its ap— plication in dairy, brewing, ice mak- ing, and air conditioning. There were also discussions on special refriger- ants, hcat transfer surfaces, and automatic valves. Being chairman of the Educa- tional and Examining Board, Mr. Libby conducts the association’s pub- lications, the bulletin, the lectures, and the future programs. In uddi~ tion, he conducts the “Question Box” of the association’s magazine, answering any and all of the com- plex questions of the practical engi- neers. In this capacity he assisted Professor Motz in the preparation and revision of the text, “Principles of Refrigeration,” which originally consisted of a series of lectures do» livcrcd at and published by the as— sociotion. News Sitafi Smoker Scheduled Tomorrow A smoker for the members of the Armour Trrli A‘ru’s stat? will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 p. m. at the Beta Psi fraternity house. 333? South Michigan Ave. All members of the stat? have been invited to a!» tend the nfi‘air. The evening: is to be a social gath— lng with cards. ping pairs“, and bib rds the sources of entertainment. Refreshments will he on uddded st- traction.